Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. mineralogy A saline evaporite, consisting of hydrated calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO3·6H2O, found in cold marine waters.
Etymologies
- From Ika Fjord, Greenland (Wiktionary)
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Minerals and Mineralogy
List of minerals, elements, group names and geochemistry terms encountered in the science of mineralogy. I've chosen to avoid capital letters in most examples, though a great many mineral names hon...
galkhaite, xanthoconite, pyrostilpnite, polybasite, pyrargyrite, djurleite, digenite, covellite, chalcocite, cerargirite, acanthite, aeschynite and 2608 more...
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Geology Words
The descriptive science described.
earth, lithosphere, mineral, convection, heat flow, ore, deep time, fossil, formation, rock, tectonics, extinction and 281 more...
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June 2010
subsidence, infauna, epifauna, taxa, macrofauna, megafauna, meiofauna, microfauna, biota, ikaite, pelagic, demersal and 16 more...
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